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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26
Meaning of the Word Zero.

st. Louis Gl ODE Democrat.
The Arctic blasts of the past week
or ten days have started a discussion
as to the true meaning of the word
zero. The term zero, in the abstract,
may be said to signify nothing. In
some arithmetics the naught is called
zero. The zero of the thermometer
men has purely arbitrary meaning,
and stands for o different degree
of temperature in different classes
of thermometers. Fahrenheit sup
posed that he hit upon the true
zero point of temperature, or non-ex-
istence of heat, by mixing snow and
salt, the point at which the mercury
stood in the tube being denominated
the zero point. The Fahrenheit ther-
mometric scale is the one most COM
monty used in the United States and
England. The zero point of the Gen.
tigrade and of Reaumur's thermome-
tiers is thirty-two degrees higher than
that of Fahrenheit, and is the tempera-
ture at which water freezes. In the scale
abovethe zero point there is q difference
between the Centigrade and Reaumur
thermometers. The temperature of
the boiling point of water is denoted
by 212 degrees on the Fahrenheit
scale. 100 degrees on the Centigrade
scale, and 80 degrees on the Reaumur
scale. The Reaumur thermometer is
in most geneneral use in Germany and
Russia, and the Centigrade in France.
For scientific purposes the Centigrade
scale is in almost universal use
throughout the world. These three
are the leading varieties of thermome-
tiers in existence.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26
Woman and Marriage.

There is tendency to-day" la
ments Mary A. Livermore ito COM
plain of those who fail to become
wives and mothers, and to grudge
them of any career. Herodotus tells
us that once year the Babylonians
held a wife auction. All their mar
riagable girls were then disposed of to
the highest bidder. The handsome
girls were sold first, and brought large
prices. The money thus obtained was
divided into dowries for the poor and
homely girls, whom nobody wanted,
but who found purchasers, because of
the money given with them. Modern
society persists in making marriage
the one destiny of women, IN the
face of actual impossibilities.
and reluctantly comedies them any
other vocation, if,for any reason, they
fail of wifehood. 1t goes beyond this
and insults the unmarried with the
adjective ''superfuous," sneers at
them as odd maids, and brands them
as social failures Notwithstanding
my exalted conception OF marriage
and tendency that increases with
years to recognize spiritual law I'M
derlying marriage, utterly object to
the theory that marriage is the only
legitimate business of women, because
tens of thousands OF women through
out the civilized world every year'fail
to realize it as their destiny. And
reject the narrow statement that the
only training needed by women is
which will fit them for marriage, for
the same reason and because such 3
training is necessarily very incom'
plete.''
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26
A Buck Who Knew the Law.

Il was standing in an open space,
when big six-pronged buck walked
leisurelv toward me and looked me all
over He was not alarmed in the least,
and was as cool as cucumber. tell
YOU, deer have sense. That buck knew
that he was under protection of the law
so far as a regular sportsman was con-
cerned. and he knew by instinct that
am sportsman. He was true game, and
n splendid specimen of his kind. After he
was satisfied with his examination OF
myself, he Strengthened out his neck and
took a long breath as if he were scent
ing some pleasant odor, and. being sat-
isiied with the breeze, he struck out at
a love-running lope toward a covert by
the side Of a stream, where he no doubt
found some lady acquaintance of his
circle of society"
'Weren't you tcmptedpn
''Well. no-and beside that | had
such condemned small shot in my gun. !"
-GJnt" Valley (cdt. J 7Tdsngs.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26
Anecdo te of MargaretFuller.

1.-THE .Iounger," in The Critic, re.
lates the following fresh anecdote OF
Margaret Fuller:
"One evening Miss Fuller, with a
friend, took q suburban train to at
tend q small social gathering. She
had dressed with unusal care, the
finishing touchbeing a bunch of beauti-
full dollhouse flowers which she wore in
her corsage. When the conductor came
into the car to collect the fares, Mar
garet suddenly remembered that her
pocketbook was in the dress she had
left at home. Her companion was in
the sane plight as herself; and there
was nothing to be done but to explain
matters to the conductor. That off,
cial proved obdurate, however; the
ladies were both strangers to him,
and their excuse was hackneysd and
transparent; he would be obliged to
leave them at the next waystation.
Snatching the bouquet from beneath
her cloak, Margaret rose to her feet
with queenlike dignity and exclaimed:
rs there no one in this car who will
purchase these flowersp A gentleman
instantly came forward and paid the
fares of the two ladies, but, it Is need
less to say, refused to take the bou-
quet. The card which Margaret ex-
changed with him, however, he keeps
to this day, and the incident was the
beginning OF q pleasant acquaintance
between them"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26

The inaugural message ofGOv. Ames
Of Massachusetts, though a model Of
OreVity, occupying only two columns,
abounds in recommendation for the
state. The cid puritanical Sunday
laws, which every executive officer feels
at liberty to dispense with, wholly or
partly at his discretion, the governor
thinks should be revised so as to per-
NIT acts which in the present state Of
society are generally approved as
practically necessary, with due regard
to the quiet and sanctity OF the Sab
bath. Every reasonable person must
Concede that Is is better to have such
laws as will be cheerfully observed by
the great body of the people, and can
be uniformly enforced with the sup.
port of public opinion, than to retain
on the statute book laws whose en-
forcement large part of the commu-
nifty would regard as intolerable. We
ought to have in this respect, as in
others, "a government Of laws and
not OF men," The conferring of mu-
nicipal suffrage upon women is earn
estly recommended Els q measure OF
simple justice.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26

The Philadelphia Press says: The
annual reviews published by the pa
pers in the cities OF the Westrepeat the
familiar story OF uninterrupted pro-
gress in that neighborhood. This is
particularly true Of that Gordon ofcit,
les which stretches from the lower
valley OF the Missouri river to the up
per waters OF the Mississippi. Mime
apolis, St. Paul and Duluth have all
shared in the wonderful growth. This
is significant evidence that the West
has recovered more rapidly than the
East from the business depression aud
is already reaping the fruit OF a new
era OF prosperity"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26
Divine or Human.

The Russian scientist, DR.. Maclay,
says writer in Harper's Young Peo-
pie, had a very hard time among the
natives of New Guinea. One morning
they found him sitting on his trunk
on the beach, and as they had never
seen a white man before, and had not
seen the ship which landed him there
in the night, they made up their minds
that he had descended from heaven.
The doctor encouraged them in this
belief, but he soon found that he had
accepted a character which it was
very difficult to fill IN a manner to
satisfy his hosts.
As they had never before entertained
a living inhabitant of the sky, they
did not want to lose him so they kept
him closely imprisoned. If he was
from the gods, they thought nothing
should brighten him, and so they shot
arrows close to his head and neck; in
deed two of the arrows wounded him
severely. They tied him to a tree,
and pressed their spears against his
teeth until he was obliged to open his
mouth, though what divine attribute
this action was intended to test, 1t IS
difficult to imagine. Then they de-
prived him OF food for so long time
that his life was endangered, for surely
they thought, one who had come
from the gods could have no use for
earthly food.
Finally, they decided that a person
who ate as much as the good doctor
could hardly be heavenly being, and
as he must have come from some
where, they decided that he was a re-
cent arrival from the moon. This
was fortunate for DR.. Maclay, as his
captors did not seem to expect SO
much from mere moon creature,
and his life among the naked inhabit-
ants OF the island was comparatively
pleasant. They could not help but
admire the pluck with which he had
endured their too pressing attentions
on his first arrival, and when they
found out that he was very kind
hearted man. and that he had much
skill in medicine, they treated him
with great respect as superior being.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26

The palatial home OF Prof. Alexan-
der Graham Bell, the inventor OF
the telephone, was burned in Wash
ington while the professor was absent.
The reporters gave a Iurid account OF
the event, and say that when Mrs
Bell discovered the fire she exclaimed:
"Only save the books and let every
thing else 60" They did not learn I'M
til "the terrible next morning" that
Mrs. Bell is deaf mute and that ever
since he became wealthy Prof. Bell has
been spending money lavishly to make
his wife talk. Reportorial g1sh re-
ceived a setback, but it will come TO
the front again when required to
embelish very commonplace occur.
rences.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26

The controversy between the king
and people ofDenmark furnishes one OF
the most interesting OF current stud
les of constitutional government in
Europe, though little attention has
been called to it in other countries.
For twelve years now, King Christian
has been stubbornly insisting upon
keeping in power aministry repugnant
to the people, and bitterly opposed
by large majority in the popu-
lar branch of the parliament.
He has met criticism only by
more logged insistence upon hav-
ing his own way, and by dissolving
the Folkething; while the people reg
ularly reply by sending,back larger and
even more antagonistic majorities.
And for the last four years the Folke-
thing has refused to pass any Govern.
ment bill whatever, save the annual
budget. This condition of things cam
not long continue, of course, and the
ultimate defeat of the King IS newt
able. The feeling, indeed, has incre rs.
ed to a bitterness that more than
once already has threatened to drive
Christian from his throne,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26

The Massachusetts Supreme Court
afirms the decision otthe lower courts
that sleeping car company is liable
to passenger for any loss hesustans
by robbery while occupying berth in
one OF the company's cars. 1T is the
company's duty" the court says, Ito
use reasonable means to guard the
passenger against theft; and if through
want OF care the personal effects OF a
passenger, such as he might reasonably
carry with him, are stolen, the COM
pany is liable. Such rule srequired
by public policy and by the interests
Of both the passenger and the com.
pany"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26
The Engineer on the late Night
Train.

The Engineer on the late Night
Train.
From Boston Herald.
To these might owls"-birds OF
passage rather-whose midnight fights
across country suspass in rapidity
and distance those of the sea gull,
traversina the space above the waters
under the notwithstanding night into
day is, with them, serious business
indeed. To the eyes which peer so
hnxiously and increasingly out at cab
windows, and the hand which never
leaves the lever, tremendous respon-
sibiIities are confded, and the price of
the engineers daily bread is the tax
ing upon himself the risks OF scores
of human lives and thousands OF
dollars in property interests. A mis-
take in vision; the blinking of an eye
at the critical moment when a signal
flashes out upon the darkness; the
least hesitation in observing signs
which ought to be regarded with the
utmost consideration, and which the
dusky night render confusing and al
most hopeless of understanding-what
he can do when the raging storms
of winter are about, or tho darkness
and the mists and floods are abroad?
Do! Why he can, and does, strain every
nerve to the utmost tension of whichit
is capable. He can fix his eyes on
space with piercing potency which
seems to grow out of q supernatural
faculty supplementing his own prac-
tised organs. He can brace himself
upon his seat without the slightest re-
gard to the discomforts and disturb
ances of flashing lightning, rolling
thunder, pelting rain, freezing sleet,
binding snow, or the cold that
searches the marrow OF the bones
looking over and beyond these cir
cumstances 20 the dangers they de-
velop and hide, the difficulties they
enshroud. How carefully he SLOWS
down" at such times, whenever the
road curves sharply, or whenever the
well known sections where surprises
are common lie Immediately before
him He must never pass unconscious
ly signal light, not, indeed, pass
any light at all without knowing its
significance; but the dense fog, or air
filed with raindrops or snowfakes,
will not permit him to see dozen
yards beyond his cab, and the rays
from his headlight struggle and flicker
out upon the dark thIckned space,
like moonbeams struggling through a
fleece of hazy cloud. He must stop,
and send a man ahead to discover the
signal light, which he knows cannot
be Jar away.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26

Not a single Philadelphia paper
printed the annual message of the
governor of Pennsylvania this year.
1t was altogether too long. Why can,
not public officials learn the art OF
condensation? There are very few
people who will deliberately sit down
to read a dozen or twenty columns Of
fine type, that might with reasonable
skill, be reduced two-thi1ds. Ditfusive-
ness is altogether too commonin pub
lie men, aud it is an evil that should
De corrected.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26

Three years ago there were only
three tobbogan slides IN the United
States. Now it is difficult to find a
town or village without one. Those
who live on the fiat prairies. where
'sliding down hili' would be impossi-
BILE, have the old-time recreation Of
those living among the hills, through
the tobbogan slide. Tobogganiny Is
regarded as a craze, but it is a better
craze than roller skating and likely to
continue longer.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26

The bill to regulate the electoral
count is still in the hands OF the con-
ference committee of the senate and
the house. but it is delayed only for
the purpose of making its provisions
even more explicit and there is no
question OF its passage. The en-
deavor OF the conference committee is
20 give the states in terms that can
not be misunderstood full power over
the return of their several electoral
votes.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26
Learning O Trade.

Blacksmith (to young MANI: You
think you possess tho necessary qualiti-
cations for blacksmith?
Young Man: Yes sir. / was Il men,
her of the foot ball team Mt college.
Blacksmith (dubiously): You may be
strong enough. Young man. but this
business demands brains as well as
strength. Life,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1887-01-26

The Dominion parliament has been
now dissolved and new elections
ordered. The nominations will take
place Feb. IS, and the polling on the
22d. The contest is likely to be very
bitter while the result is doubtful
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-26

Circulation Of newspapers in New York
is generally counted by the cart loads Of
upsold payers which go the old junk man
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-26

TINS country, Lafayette stands Oh . pedestal
with one hand upon his sword. and at the
base Of the pedestal a semi-nude female fig
ure, representing America, holds up . naked
sword towards Lafayette. He looks at
her with his noble resolution expressed
in his features, and the figure of the
woman is the personification Of grace
and beauty. On the back of the pedestal two
cherubs are represented holding up shield,
on which are TO be inscribed the names Of the
compatriots Of Lafayette not otherwise com
memorated ON this monument, and on the
two other sides are the four distinguished
compatriots which it is provided shall be
part of the statue. The figures upon the
PEDESTAL will be of bronze and the pedestal
Will be Of marble The statue itself will be
ten feet and one-half high. 1t will be Of
bronze, and the work upon it is, under
stand. rapidly advancing.
The terms upon which the statue is made
are that the sum Of 200 is to lie given to
the artists in three payments They get the
first as soon as the model is completed. Tho
second is given them when the monument is
finished and is shipped to Washington, and
the third is upon the erection Of the statue
The act of congress, l think, provides for
four Frenchmer who were noted during the
revolution for assisting the United States, and
though it is not fully settled, two French naval
officers and two French q my officers will
probably be chosen. 1t is Thought that Vice
Admiral and Lieut. Gen. Count d'Estaing,
who commanded the CO operating French
army and navy in Rhode Island in 1',s and
at Savannah, where he was wounded in lss9,
will be one and another will he Lieut.. Gen.
,l,lN
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-26
LAFAYETTE STATUE.

After nv sacrifice I have the right to ask two
fnvors-one is to serve at my own expense; the
other 10 commence by serving q volunteer.
Just above this, and under the statue, are
the words: Lafayette and his compatriots.
The models Of D. c. French represent the
figure of Lafayette upon the PEDESTAL in the
act Of Offering his sword to the United States.
las designs are elaborate, and il is accom-
lIs.uied by models Of some Of its parts as well
,:s q water colored sketch Of the design q
ecmpIco1 Inese designs were open TO the
great objection that the statue was too stiff,
and that the seeing OF Lafayette standing in
such u position throughout generations would
be decidedly painful.
The design selected y the one which stands
next to this upon the tnble. 1t is the COM
bined work OF two Fip,ch sculptors, and it is
4. remarkable work Il art. The designers
arr Nm. Mercie and Falguiere, who were in
vitesi by our minister at Paris, Mr.. McLane,
to submit designs for the statue. Falguiere
sent in two designs which were rejected, one,
teing an equestrian statue, was ruled out
on the ground that the act of congress called
for something different, and his other design
was merely an adaptation Of his equestrian
statue to a standing figure.
The *, however, which he got up In
connection with NJ Mercie. is very beautiful,
and it will rank high aJnanS tho art works OF
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-26

the present statue is made. Only three
American sculptors were selected. and these
were Augustus st. Gaudens. about whom
there is a long article in the November num-
her II The Century Magazine d. C. French
md I.arkin G. Mead. who made the monu-
,nent which now forms Abraham Lincolns
tomb Mt Springfield Ills, and who executed
the colossal statue Of Vermont now placed
over 'he dome Of the state house at Mont
pelier. Meads first efforts at sculpture were
in snow. He modelled . colossal figure of an
angel, which WINS 80 greatly admired that the
story of it got into the newspapers and there
met the eye Of the eccentric millionaire,
Nicholas Longworth, Of Cincinnati Long
worth wrote to Mead and offered to give
him an art education. Mead accepted the
offer, and through Longworth got the money
which helped him on to fame.
In addition TO these Americans two French
eculptors were selected and one of these was
Bartholdi, the maker of the statue Of Liberty
in New York harbor The commission sent
a letter to the French minister of foreign af-
fairs. asking him 10 name another sculptor to
compete for the work, but be dee. med to do
So A list of eligible French artists WAS then
obtained from Augustus St Guadens, and
two. namely, Mercie and Falguiere, were
chosen. A third man was also selected but
10th be and St Gaudens refused to send in
designs for the statue. They evidently con-
sidered themselves of enough note to get or
ders without competing for them, and the de-
signs which were made come from the other
artists.
These models are now kept in a large room
lust off Of that Of the secretary of war.
They are on a long mahogany table and their
faces look out toward the Corcoran art cal
lery. The walls Of the room are hung with
oil portraits of the various secretaries of war
of the past and the whole forms Q sort of an
art gallery.
The models on the largest scale are those
Of NJ Bsrtholdi. and they are most complete
in their execution. One Of them was ruled
out ON account Of its costing more than the
appropriation, Bartholdi putting the price at
$500, and the plainness Of the other did
not suit the commission so well as the one
selected These Bartholdi designs are about
four feet high, and the only difference lies in
the pe,,estals. Gen Lafayette is represented
dressed in Continental uniform, holding a
hat in one hand and grasping the flags of
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-26

Boston's DistinR Mished yifitors Abroad.
Mr. Lowell and Mr. Sullivan, Of Boston,
are both in Europe.-Epoch.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-26

An Ohio preacher tried to quote the
verse in Matthew about mot one jOt or
title" and said: Not one tot or little. ~
Then he saw that he had erred and tried
again. Not one jilt or tottle," said he,
and again stopped. But he would not
give up and began, Not one tit or jottle," "
and then with a red face he gave it up
and went on with his sermon, and there
were not half dozen Of his hearers who
could really tell just what the two words
were.-New York sun. e.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-26

A paper in the upper part of the state
has discovered "a tramp who writes
poetry" Tramps who steal chickens are
numerous in this part Of the state, but
one guilty of the more heinous offense Of
writing poetry" has not yet put in an
appearance-and if he has any regard for
his health he never will. Poetry written
by tramps is something like that COM
posed by condemned conyicts-mighty
lame in the hind feet ct-Norristown Herald.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-26

First Easterner-I guess you remember
me. We met in Los Angeles.
Second Eastcrner-I remember you per-
fe.tly You are the good angel who sold me
S corner Tot on whf'h EIade a small fortune.
/. sold that lot for SO oo0 You know only
paid you so, ,000 for it.
"Ycs, and as you did so well, don't mind
confessing that nearly all that $4,000 was
clear profit | bought that lot for couple
of hundred dollars. By the way, what
became OF the man You sold tor
'"rhe last | heard OF him he was in the
alIs house omaha World
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-11-26
OUR NEW STATUE.
HOW THE STATUE OF LAFAYETTE
WAS CHOSEN.

What the Statue 1.-the Noted French
Generals Who May be . Part Of II.
wa.hineton ~ an Art Ceuter-soms Of
It's StatUary.